Systems-of-Information Systems (SoIS) are systems-of-systems that involve, at least, one software-intensive information system (IS) among
their constituents. SoIS exhibit a strong business nature, with goals often being expressed as dynamic and inter-organizational business processes.
Smart SoIS, in turn, are SoIS that exhibit two novel characteristics: (i) evolutionary or dynamic architecture, and (ii) full interoperability. Former allows a SoIS to adequately
support the dynamic and inter-organizational business processes; whilst latter is a novel concept (proposed by Maciel et al. 2017) to further support spontaneous formation of SoIS and automatic addition of constituents
with plain potential to interoperate into the SoIS, contributing to the accomplishment of its goals.
Smart SoIS are one of the Grand Challenges for Information Systems Research in Brazil in the Next 10 Years.